{"id":"DUT-AK-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services)","authority":"Alaska Statutes, Title 18 (Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender), ch. 15, art. 6, Disease Control and Threats to Public Health","instrument":"AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395","title":"Prevention and control of conditions of public health importance; epidemiological investigation; isolation and quarantine; powers of the department in a public health disaster; definitions","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises and facilities; health care practitioners"],"clause":"If the governor declares a condition of disaster emergency under AS 26.23.020(c) due to an outbreak of disease..., the department... may (1) close, direct, and compel the evacuation of, or decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, any facility if there is reasonable cause to believe that the facility may endanger the public health","enforcement":"AS 18.15.385(n): knowing violation of the section or a regulation under it is a class B misdemeanor (fine to $2,000, AS 12.55.035(b)(6); 90 days, AS 12.55.135(b)); AS 18.15.385(o): intentional violation is a class A misdemeanor (fine to $25,000; one year); emergency administrative quarantine orders enforceable by any peace officer (AS 18.15.385(e))","functions":[],"notes":"In a declared disease disaster DHSS holds the power to close or compel the evacuation of any facility that may endanger the public health and to ration or restrict commodities (AS 18.15.390(1), (3)); the department may investigate \u0027facilities or materials that may pose a threat to the public health\u0027 and \u0027ensure that they are subject to proper control measures\u0027 (AS 18.15.375(a)-(b)); persons and groups are bound by isolation and quarantine orders, which \u0027may include confinement to private homes or other private and public premises\u0027 and are \u0027enforceable by any peace officer in the state\u0027 (AS 18.15.385(b)(1), (e), (h)). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print\u0026secStart=18.15.355\u0026secEnd=18.15.395","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":129221,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-001","citation":"Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services), AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-001)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-028","AK-006","AK-012"]}